The Borgen Project Legislation Efforts

August 27, 2019

These are bills The Borgen Project is currently supporting, and needs your support.
To e-mail a preset letter please use this link: https://borgenproject.org/action-center/

International Affairs Budget

International affairs currently comprises a mere 1% of the US federal budget.  Support protecting that amount to preclude any further reduction leading to less than that.

Global Fragility Act

Prevention of conditions of fragility are proven to prevent terrorism.

Keeping Girls in School Act

Global effort to reduce barrieers obstructing girls receiving school education.
 

Foreign Assistance for Central America

U.S.-Northern Triangle Enhanced Engagement Act.  Aims for foreign assistance to focus on root causes of migration in the Northern Triangle countries.  A number of causes already recognized, focus includes economic growth and development, anti-corruption, altogether conditions on par with what is recognized as a stable climate.
Northern Triangle Countries are accepted as Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador


Keeping Families Together

Children being separated from their parents, at the border, -or elsewhere,- causes a naturally inherent distress, and has been determined to be an inappropriate methodology. 
The framework today, most often has to do with the southern US-Mexico border.

End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act

The World Health Organization recognizes 17 NTDs (Neglected Tropical Diseases) currently afflicting about 1.4 billion people globally.
It can easily become a US security issue when those with a NTD enters the US, and the disease then has the potential to spread. 


Reach Every Mother and Child Act

Ensures all mothers and children receive appropriate health care


Digital Gap Act

Considering an estimated 60% of the world's population still has yet to be online, this act has the hope of getting 1.5 billion people first-time access online by 2020.  By doing so, reduction of poverty also can take place.
 

The Borgen Project. Focus: Mexico

August 27, 2019



For those that do not already have the background, especially in the first portion of the film, it begins with a still shot of a region in southwestern Kosovo, then transitions to Mexico, with images from a historic book about Mexico published about 1870, historically acclaimed western movies wherein the setting was in Mexico or involved traveling to Mexico. There were Mexicans were living north of the present US-Mexico border at certain points in hi...
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